西方左翼两种典型的可持续发展研究范式

On the Western Left-wing's Sustainable Development Research Paradigms

西方左翼学者研究可持续发展主要有两种典型范式:一是以萨拉·萨卡为代表的"增长极限的研究范式",二是以约翰·贝拉米·福斯特为代表的"物质变换的研究范式"。这两种范式的差异集中反映在对经济增长的基本态度、对社会主义的基本设想和对社会变革主体力量的分歧上。这些分歧既可以追溯到马尔萨斯及马克思主义创始人对马尔萨斯主义的批判,又呈现出形而上学时代所不具有的新特征,涉及当代全球发展的普遍困惑。深入研究西方左翼可持续发展理论及其内在张力,对推进中国社会可持续发展具有借鉴意义。

There are two basic paradigms the Western Left-wing scholars studying sustainable develop-ment.One is represented by Saral Sarkar＇s “limits of growth paradigm”,the other is represented by John Bellamy Foster＇s “material transformation research paradigm”.The differences of the two para-digms are reflected in the author＇s basic attitudes towards economic growth,the basic assumption of socialism and the main social force for social change.Such differences can be traced back to Thomas Malthus as well as Marx and Engels＇s critique of Malthusian.Studying western leftist theory of sus-tainable development and its internal tension is of great significance to promote sustainable social de-velopment in China.